Referring a patient

Our services help people in different ways. Our referral criteria exist to help ensure we can understand the person’s needs and support them appropriately. For most of our services, we welcome self-referral but if this is not by the person who is to receive the service, it must be with their consent.

Day Services

Longfield services are available to patients with a range of conditions; these may be oncological, neurological, circulatory and respiratory in nature. Our multi-disciplinary team can provide support with unresolved symptoms, whether they are physical, psychosocial or spiritual.

Day Services consists of Day Therapy and outpatient services. We welcome self-referral, however if referral is by a friend or a family member, GP, Consultant, District Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist and other Health or Social Care Professionals this needs to be made with the consent of the person being referred. The referrer needs to identify the reason for the referral and the current problems requiring specialist palliative care input.

Relative, partner or carer of patient who has received support or is eligible to hospice services

Family and or/carers looking after the patient may be referred in their own right if their situation is complex and they need additional help and support in order to continue their caring role, even if the patient declines referral for themselves

Latest

Whilst we are all following guidance on social distancing and even self-isolating it is especially important to try and do all that we can to look after our wellbeing.
The advice is clearly that wherever possible we should be staying at home.
We hope to bring together lots of ideas about how you can do this, and we will add to these pages as time goes on so please feel free to pop back again in the future!

Whilst we are all following guidance on social distancing and even self-isolating it is especially important to try and do all that we can to look after our wellbeing.
The advice is clearly that wherever possible we should be staying at home.
We hope to bring together lots of ideas about how you can do this, and we will add to these pages as time goes on so please feel free to pop back again in the future!